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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Others...A One.

We
are back at it! Monster Energy Supercross kicked off the 2018
championships in Anaheim, California inside Angel Stadium. With only one
returning champion in the premier 450 class and a 250 field hungry to
prove themselves, we are in for an exciting season.

What
is “The Others” you ask? In supercross we will highlight 5-22 in the
Last Chance Qualifiers for each the 250 and 450 classes. These guys made
the night show at a Monster Energy Supercross, no easy feat. The guys
who transferred to the main via a top 9 heat finish or by finishing top 4
in the LCQ will will fill the result sheets post race, but this is our
twist and giving “The Others” The attention they deserve.

The
day started with hype that Honda’s Ken Roczen would live up to as he’d
return from what most considered a career ending injury to set the
fastest qualifying time amongst the 450 class. In 250 qualifying it’d be
the defending champion, Justin Hill throwing down the fastest lap in
the closing moments.

After
the Heats and LCQ it’d be Main Event time. When the gate dropped on the
250 class, Shane Mcelrath would jump out front on his Troy Lee Designs
KTM and never look back. Star Yamaha backed Aaron Plessinger and the Pro
Circuit Kawasaki of Adam Cianciarulo would round out the podium
respectively. On this night we all came for the 450 class. So many
questions and we’d quickly get the answers. Eli Tomac started out front
but it wasn’t long until the Kawasaki was on the ground. Justin Barcia
is filling in at Factory Yamaha and I’d say came in as a bit of an
underdog. He’d temporarily find the lead before finishing third.
Husqvarna’s Jason Anderson looked strong on his way to a second. The man
on the move was RedBull KTM’s Marvin Musquin and he’d quickly work
through the field after a poor start and when the checkers flew the
number 25 would heel clicker to the first win of the season.

250 Top Privateer: 11 Kyle Chisholm.

Kyle
has made the switch back to a Yamaha and the 250 class for 2018 with
the support of the 51 Fifty Energy Drink team. He’d go on to finish 10th
in the Main Event.

450
Top Privateer: 69 Tyler Bowers. There has been some doubt about the
multi time Amsoil Arenacross champion. Many have all but written off the
Kawasaki rider. With the help of Triggr Racing Bowers showed up at A1
and with an LCQ win would transfer to the main, where he’d go on to
finish the night 14th.

Rider: Justin Starling | Photo: Brandon Schlegel

Being
round one, we always hear how stacked the class is going to be. On
paper a privateer really shouldn’t stand a chance at a Main Event.
Especially early in the season with more healthy riders and factory guys
who’ve had the upper hand on testing. So we’ve got to give some
honorable mentions to Ben Lamay (17th), Alex Ray (18th), Dakota Tedder
(20th) and Adam Enticknap (21st) innthe 450 class. Hayden Mellross
(13th), Justin Starling (16th), Ryan Breece (17th), Killian Auberson
(18th), Jean Ramos (19th) and Brandan Leith (20th) in the 250 class. Way
to go boys!

And now...The Others

250

122 Chris Howell

77 Ryan Surratt

149 Tallon Lafountaine

715 Kele Russell

805 Carlen Gardner

240 Bryce Stewart

138 Blake Lilly

448 Broc Shoemaker

321 Bradley Lionnet

117 Julio Zambrano

141 Robbie Wageman

150 Austin Walton

383 Casey Brennan

137 Martin Castelo

81 Chase Marquier

188 Gage Schehr

792 Bracken Hall

75 Noah McConahy

450

981 Austin Politelli

80 AJ Catanzaro

723 Tyler Enticknap

73 Brandon Scharer

447 Deven Raper

645 Cheyenne Harmon

211 Tevin Tapia

214 Vann Martin

282 Bubba Pauli

918 Michael Akaydin

181 Dustin Pipes

262 Connor Pearson

471 Logan Karnow

60 Benny Bloss

48 Henry Miller

509 Alex Nagy

15 Dean Wilson

84 Scott Champion

The
series will head to Houston for Round 2 of the Monster Energy
Supercross. With the jitters out of the way, who will make a statement?

-Kyle Pesci

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